Prairie Farmhouse Blog

Stories & simple living tips from our homestead on the open prairie.

Blog

Farm tips, recipes, and how much things really cost to do on our farm. We hope that you learn something from our experiences. If you have a question let us know!

Click the Picture to Read More

  • Big Tunes in the right places: Axil XPHERE

    It doesn’t matter if we are at the lake on the beach or at a horse show getting our horses ready having a little music playing always helps lighten the mood. At a most recent horse show with put the Axil XPHERE in the door of the horse trail and let it play. Country Rodeo…

  • How to Build a Pig Watering Barrel

    Just like all animals, pigs need water, but Kune Kune pigs and nearly all pigs in general pose an interesting challenge when it comes to providing it. If there is a bowl of water available, they want to lay in it. They aren’t tall enough to drink from a stock tank, and, well, they can…

  • DIY: Semi-Permanent Horse Fencing

    We have been wanting a little fenced-in riding area that is bigger than the round pen but smaller than the pasture, especially for the kids to ride in, but we weren’t 100% sure where we wanted to put it long term. So we decided to go with t-posts about every 20ft covered by PVC piping/caps…